Sunday 6 March 2016

Cone Snails




Description:-



Toxic venom is found in 
cone snail has to be strong enough to paralyze instantly.   Otherwise, the fish it preys on would swim away to die, Invertebrate.
Cone snails are Invertebrate.

Indigenous to the reefs of the Indo-Pacific.
 Geographic cones grow to about 6 inches (15 centimeters) in length and have intricately patterned brown-and-white shells. 

The geographic cone is the most venomous of the 500 known cone snail species, and several human deaths have been attributed to them.
 There is no antivenin for a cone snail sting, and treatment is limited to merely keeping victims alive until the toxins wear off.

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